Lisette Auton is a northern disabled writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film and theatre-maker, and creative practitioner. She's an award-winning poet who has performed at Northern Stage, ARC, the Southbank Centre and the Sage, in pubs, in a crypt, at festivals, indoors, outdoors, on a bridge and in a launderette.
'Touching, original and compelling, this is a nostalgic novel about old-fashioned childhoods, but it is also very much of our time.' -- Children's Book of the Week * Sunday Times * A moving, fantastical adventure story of coming to terms with challenge and change. -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian * The Stickleback Catchers is a magical tale sure to cast a spell over young readers. -- Pam Norfolk * The Lancashire Post *